Dear all, a big "Hi!" from Palo Alto, CA, USA!
I grew up in Hamburg / Germany, but live and work in the US these days. Back then in the 80ies as a teenager, my first micro was an Amstrad ("Schneider") CPC 464 which I got for my confirmation in 1985, so I was educated by and with British microcomputers Recently, my interest in other UK micros has resurfaced, and I got myself a couple of Speccys. For some reason, the BBC Micro wasn't on my radar until recently - I guess they were always a bit pricey on Ebay. By now, I have 2 BBC Micro B and an Electron here, with GoSDC and a TurboMMC, and I am slowly begining to realize how advanced and versatile (!) this machine was / is with all its (GPIO)IO, EPROM etc. capabilities, and how it influenced a whole generation of hackers (ie, Eben Upton etc.) Currenlty, I am trying to fix / repair my second BBC micro and I am already amazed at the responsiveness and level of expertise of members on this board!

The community is quite active considering the computers never sold in huge numbers (like other brands). There are quite a few people tinkering and developing new hardware and software all the time. It is a testament to how fun the machines are to work with I think.

Hi neighbour! Did you see our display at the Computer History Museum last weekend (for the Vintage Computer Festival)? I'm in Mountain View, and 8bitkick is in San Jose, I believe. There's a small but growing group of us with Beebs and Electrons over here in Norcal

Hi neighbour! Did you see our display at the Computer History Museum last weekend (for the Vintage Computer Festival)? I'm in Mountain View, and 8bitkick is in San Jose, I believe. There's a small but growing group of us with Beebs and Electrons over here in Norcal

Gosh, what a coincidence! I saw the announcment for VCF West / British Micros... Unfortunately, I didn't find the time to go. Next year for sure!
I'll be in touch sooner or later with you guys - I have plenty of CPC's , too